Lipstick on a Pig

[real chili 83]

Don't use the target center numbers to benchmark fot the BC.

The target center is pure pork.  It was an add on to the stadium bill for the Vikes. The Vikes bill had to include a bunch of crap to get it passed.  It included a new stadium  for the st. Paul Saints, renovation for the target center, money for some artsy-fartsy stuff.  None of this add on crap was vetted well, as our dumb @ss gov was sportin' major wood for a stadium deal.

Glad he got it done, but waaaaaaay too expensive.

[4everwarriors]

Here, I thought this thread was gonna be about Crean cross dressin'.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Depends on the data you use. In 2010 Milwaukee had 2,025,000 in the combined metro. Portland had 2,290,000 and San Antonio had 2,195,000. OKC is 1.3 million, Memphis 1.316 million. That's a lot more than 200,000 difference.

We also have the advantage of another 500,000 metro population in Madison only an hour away, and an additional 600,000 in the areas between here and Green Bay. A fair number of fans make the trek to Milwaukee a couple of times a year to watch games, and I'm sure a lot more could be attracted by a good team (although I'm not sure a new stadium is necessary for that). I personally don't care that much whether they do renovations or build a new stadium, but I do think we need to do whatever we can to keep the Bucks.

As far as I can tell, facts are straight.

I realize wikipedia is not a preferred source, but here's where my numbers come from.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_metropolitan_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_metropolitan_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_metropolitan_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin

Funny, I got my facts from Wikipedia too. They don't match haha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

[source?]

Funny, I got my facts from Wikipedia too. They don't match haha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

Good old Wikipedia, reliable as ever.

[MUFC9295]

Lack of suites and it's designed for the wrong sports.

Curling?  Badminton?  Monster Trucks?  What are the wrong sports?  Seeing as how it accomodates b-ball and hockey (or indoor soccer) which is all Milwaukee has, I see the design as quite appropriate.  Do you want MU to play at a more Mecca-like arena?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Curling?  Badminton?  Monster Trucks?  What are the wrong sports?  Seeing as how it accomodates b-ball and hockey (or indoor soccer) which is all Milwaukee has, I see the design as quite appropriate.  Do you want MU to play at a more Mecca-like arena?

I think what he was referring to is that the BC is built like a hockey stadium even though its biggest revenue sports are basketball. It works for both but would make more sense to have it built like a basketball stadium that happens to accommodate for hockey as well.

[forgetful]

I think what he was referring to is that the BC is built like a hockey stadium even though its biggest revenue sports are basketball. It works for both but would make more sense to have it built like a basketball stadium that happens to accommodate for hockey as well.

Building it for BB first would have been wise.  Good arenas that are BB first but also house hockey are the American Airlines Center (Dallas) and the Rose Garden (Portland).  Both great venues for BB that are multipurpose.

[LloydMooresLegs]

Hockey first due to the origin of its funding. It is called the Bradley Center for a reason.  A pig with lipstick is still a pig, and a gift horse still is a gift horse.  Or something like that.